Stoneycreek Twp. home heavily damaged by fire

STONYCREEK TOWNSHIP - A wood burning stove is to blame for a fire that consumed a home Monday morning.

Fire crews were dispatched to a home along Gobblers Nob Road around 9:31 a.m. for a working structure fire. Marlin Miller was at home asleep in his house when the fire started.

Sean Daniels, Shanksville fire captain said the home was engulfed in smoke when he arrived at the scene. Because of the time of day the fire started, crews had to call for more personnel to help at the scene. Several tanker trucks shuttled water to the scene covered by heavy smoke.

Crews initially had trouble getting into the room where the fire started. At one point, crews needed to be pulled out of the building.

Crews continued to work into the afternoon to contain the smoke from the blaze. Around 11 a.m. the Red Cross arrived to give aid to Miller and his two children.